Lab: Cold War Origins

 

 

Print out or copy the charts below into Word.  Then use the links provided to complete the chart for your notes.

 

Cold War Origins:

 

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture14.html

 

http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/coldwar.html

 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ColdWar.htm

 

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/coldwar.htm

 

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/20th/coldwar0.html

 

http://www.coldwar.org/

 

 

 

Full text documents for your own reference:

 

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/yalta.htm

          - Yalta Summary

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/yalta.htm

          -Yalta summary

 

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/kennan.html

-         Kennan’s “Long Telegram” (X article)

 

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/trudoc.htm

          - Truman Doctrine speech to Congress

 

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/churchill.html

-         Iron Curtain Speech

 

http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3343,en_2649_201185_1876938_1_1_1_1,00.html

-         Marshall and text of speech on “Marshall Plan”

 

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/marshallplan/

-         Marshall Plan – long and detailed

 

 

 

When you are finished with the above, try origins section here:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/

 

 

 

 

 

Origins of the Cold War: Leaders & Major Events

 

Leader	Domestic Concerns	Foreign Policy Concerns	Advice Given	Decision(s) Made
FDR
Truman
Churchill
Atlee
Stalin

 

 

Major Events	What Triggered the Event?	What Decision was Made?	How Was it Resolved?	Impact?
Keenan’s “Long Telegram” (X Article)
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain Speech
Marshall Plan

 

Created by A. Bieronski, December 2007